This Bed Keeps No Secrets

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By Rima Suqi

Jan. 28, 2015

Aaron Poritz’s new bed was originally designed as a custom piece for a buyer from Design Within Reach, who commissioned it after seeing a daybed Mr. Poritz was showing at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair.

That first bed took about a month to make, out of walnut from trees on Mr. Poritz’s father’s land in Vermont. Now he has the process down to about 40 hours, working with master craftsmen in Brooklyn and Massachusetts to create what he describes as “contemporary twists on classic wood joinery.”

In a sense, he is giving away the secrets of the construction. While classic wood joinery is mortise-and-tenon (and therefore hidden), Mr. Poritz said he “likes taking the idea of that, and exposing it so people can really see it, as the bed is about symmetry and using a geometric profile.”

The May bed comes in cherry, white oak or walnut, for $6,200. Information: 917-755-2948 or aaronporitz.com.